Black Friday hit my pocket book hard. I don't know about you, but I said yes when I ought to say no. I'd like to think that even though I splurged on several sites (Modcloth, Besame and in person at Chapters) that nothing was TOO much of an impulse buy. Even though, yes, all the merchandise at Modcloth was new releases so it's not like I could pre-plan my purchase, I bought shoes and a shirt I already have, just in different colours, and I bought a bracelet I had my eye on already, just also in a different colour. Plus at Besame, it was just free shipping and a free gift (shipping is usually $13) so I just bought what I was planning on buying already. Totally justified, right? (A shopaholic will justify any purchase, muahaha.)

Besides shopping and being bad, I'm up to my same usual stuff. Hiding indoors. Even though it's warmed up this week.

These are some more photos I took by myself. This set I remembered to turn the flash on, but some of the other sets I didn't! I'll post those later in the week. I literally forgot I had to pop the light thingy up, whoops. I'm liking using the tripod, but getting close up detail shots are a little tricky. But I'm still learning.

Look Ma! No Photoshop! (On my teeth, haha. Thank you baking soda!)

I got this dress as a Christmas gift 2 years ago and wore it out for NYE. I decided to re-mix it a bit by losing the fascinator, changing the colour of my purse and switching out my brooch (you can see how I originally wore it on Modcloth's Style Gallery.)

Outfit Details

Dress - Rock Steady (no longer available but a similar one is available on Modcloth)

Shoes - borrowed from my mom (Naturalizer)

Purse -  gift from a make-up counter (I think Lancome?)

Brooch - vintage

Earrings - Icings

When I pulled out this dress from my closet, it made me realize how few dresses (or items in general!) I had that are this lovely shade of evergreen. So I had to make some wishlists!

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1) To a Tee Time Dress - Modcloth - $95

2) Stop Staring! Green Timeless Fitted Wiggle Dress - Unique Vintage - $166

3) Cocktail Swap Dress - Modcloth - $88

4) Too Much Fun Dress in Emerald Satin - Modcloth - $90

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5) Andrassy Dress - Anthropologie - $178

6) Conifer What It's Worth - Modcloth - $128

7) ASOS Petite Skater Dress With Lace Shoulder Insert - ASOS - $82

8) Ace of Jade Dress - Modcloth - $88

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1) Under the Sunflowers Cardigan in Terrace - Modcloth - $35

2) Green Circle Skirt Jumper - Unique Vintage   - $89

3) Muzo Mimesis Drops - Anthropologie - $48

4) Skippy Town Polka Dot Coat by Tulle - Ruche - $95

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5) Seychelles Criss Cross Mary Jane - Urban Outfitters - $90

6) Vezda Bowl - Anthropologie - $12

7) Birdlandia Cardigan in Green - Modcloth - $43

8) S'Marvelous Heel in Green - Modcloth - $38

If you'd like to see all my best looks from the season, check out my wardrobe wrap up post!

What do you think? Has green stolen your heart this holiday season?

Lots of Love for Luck Be a Lady Dresses

Chilly weather makes me cry. Maybe not literally but whenever I have to encounter it, I whine and moan and kick up a fuss. I'm back to baby-sitting my doggy (my mom is out of town for a conference and my dad is not good at taking care of things) so I have to go out every few hours to let him outside. And it's effing cold! The sun was actually shining today and I was debating heading outside for a photoshoot. It was really pretty with all the leaves. But then the wind would kick up and I could feel the chill to my bones, even with my huge parka and hoodie and sweater layering. I don't know how well that would go with just modeling a dress outside! Needless to say, I ended up going back upstairs to nap (aka hibernate) and am going to try for a photoshoot tomorrow (these photos are from before Halloween, before the rain and all the coldness.) However, for tomorrow's planned photoshoot, I might utilize my apartment building's library facilities. I had used them before when I took a photoshoot for a Modcloth review contest. It's not glamorous by any means, but I foresee it being my location of choice for most of this winter. My apartment is too cramped and usually too dirty for pics!

This is the last of the batch of the photos my mom helped me out on. And yes, totally busted, Hallowe'en decorations in the back. But I already admitted when they were taken, heh.

My parents bought this dress for me during the Modcloth Black Friday sale last year (it's the Luck Be a Lady Dress in Equine. It was discontinued forever but it's back on the site, although still sold out. Maybe it will be re-stocked?) I'm not a big fan of brown but I love the little belt details and I love the fit and flare. And HORSIES!

Cuff also won in this post and this post

Shoes also worn in this post

I decided to re-create this outfit for the blog after wearing it out to the bar and a lot of people really liking it. I think it's cute but not my favourite. Like I said, I don't really like brown! I did take a few pics of that night because I meant to post them for Shenanigans Saturday (which has gone the way of crickets lately - not because I don't go out but because I forget to take pics!) I will post those pics here, since they are semi-related.

I love these earrings. They were from this website called titanicjewels.com that I bought when I was around 14. These are the "strolling" earrings Rose wore in the movie Titanic. I also own the "dinner", "jump", "breakfast" and Madeline Astor's dinner earrings.

I got this coat off a swap group (although I did pay for it) and it's the perfect little topper! I've been wearing it with everything, even my casual clothes. Love, love, love.

Outfit Details

Dress - Luck Be a Lady in Equine - Modcloth

Shoes - Poetic License ("Tease" is the style)

Coat - Time After Time Wool Mix Coat - Miss Patina

Earrings - Titanic earrings that came out around the time of the movie. However I found this pair on Etsy

Headband - Ardenes
Purse - Winners

Cuff - vintage - similar one on Etsy

And since this is Wardrobe Wednesday, the name of the game is I usually say something I want more of in my closet. Ta da! I want more Luck Be the Lady dresses. They are so awesome. The flare of them is fantastic. When I went out that Saturday night, I went to talk to my friend in the DJ booth and when I stepped out, it just poofed up all around me. Not in an obscene way, but like I floated down. They are just so feminine and pretty! 

My pick out of the current Lady Luck Dresses list is the Luck Be a Lady Dress in Avian. I think it's super pretty and just really pops! The quality of these dresses is really great and at $74.99, I think I might have to collect them all. To see the others, check out Modcloth.

I love Modcloth, but I also love eBay. I'm going to be on a quest to find the discontinued ones. Look how pretty they all are!

That's all for me! Any items you own in multiple patterns or colours? Anything in your daily routine you've had to do differently now that winter has rolled around?

 If you'd like to see all my best looks from the season, check out my wardrobe wrap up post!

Talk soon!

Premiere of Movie Monday!

Woot! Writing my first entry of Movie Monday! Only took 2 months after my blog launched to do it. Like I was saying the other day, watching movies is... well, a bit of a chore for me. It's really strange. I practically have to be forced to sit down and watch them (mostly because it's impossible to get me off the computer) but even while watching the movie, my mind wanders or I focus on really stupid things in the movie that serve no part of the plot (I'm really good at finding editing errors and plot holes. However, if someone asks me afterwards what the movie was about, I couldn't tell them. It's almost like I can tell when the movie doesn't add up while I'm watching it, but I can't see the big picture once it's done.) It's really frustrating because I often don't understand twist endings or when things are supposed to be a metaphor for other things, even when it's glaringly obvious. I actually did pretty well in an English Media class in high school and I'm not sure how because I've always had movie attention problems. I much prefer reading because there's less stimulation (aka distractions like costumes and music) so I can actually focus on what's going on. The funny thing is when I do sit down to a movie and I actually like it, I watch it excessively. I only like a handful of movies, but those dozen movies have all been watched 50 times a piece.

So I figured an easy introduction to Movie Monday would be to talk about a movie I know well. Less pressure that way! The one I chose to focus on this week (this year? Ha) is Sound of Music. Growing up, the amount of play this VHS got was only rivaled by Dirty Dancing and Big Bird in China. Dirty Dancing still gets a lot of action. Big Bird in China does not. I actually just found out Big Bird in China was a TV movie my mom taped and we added to our regular viewing rotation. No wonder none of my friends have heard of it! 

But back to the movie at hand! I always wanted to be Liesl growing up. Her 16 going on 17 song and dance number is the stuff little girls' dreams are made of!

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Another highlight of the film for me is the puppet show. I tried to look for a YouTube video of it and was only able to find a version where someone had videotaped their tv and another that was film stills with subtitles *sad face.* But there is a bright side to the story! I stumbled upon a really cute version of Julie Andrews singing the song with the Muppets. It more than makes up for not being able to find the film version.

Another thing I really love about Sound of Music is the clothes. To be honest, many of the movies I love have awesome fashion. The only ones that aren't fashion centric seem to be Christopher Nolan movies (I really like those!) but the rest seem to have a fashion element to them. Some would argue that Sound of Music has bad fashion, but I just bought a dirndl recently, so I would beg to differ.

My favourite dress would probably be Liesl's purple one pictured above but another dress (more like dresses) that I really liked were the ones Maria made out of curtains. A few years ago, I went to a local fashion show and I found a dress that reminded me of them. Now that I have the pics side by side, they actually don't look similar at all, but at first glance, you're totally like, "OMIGOD! Sound of Music dress!" I had actually worn this dress to Easter a few years ago and my sister had said the exact same thing.

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I'm so sorry in advance. Pic Monkey is really fun.

I've had the top underneath forever. I don't know what it is. I can't let it go. It's a baby-doll top and legit makes me look pregnant. It's pilled like crazy and has butter stains on it from eating popcorn at the movie theater. It's survived so many closet clean outs and I have no idea why. But maybe it's a good thing because I had nothing else that would have worked under this dress! Of course the dress is cute worn alone too but the whole point was for it to look like a dirndl.

Outfit Details

Dress - Dilly Daisy

Shirt - Le Chateau

Necklace - vintage Avon

Shoes - Value Village

Socks - Modcloth

I should probably lay off Pic Monkey a bit but it's fun. Maybe I could just be the blog known for seriously obnoxious photo edits? Is there a niche for that? That's all for me! I promise to queue up some movies in my Netflix! Talk soon!

If you'd like to see all my best looks from the season, check out my wardrobe wrap up post!